All Documentaries articles
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Reviews‘Union Town’ review: Fifty years after ‘Harlan County, USA’, Barbara Kopple returns to the frontline of America’s labour struggle
The veteran documentarian’s absorbing portrait of the gig economy is the third in her ‘labour rights’ trilogy
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Reviews‘Musk’ review: Alex Gibney presents a gripping if glossy study of controversial billionaire Elon Musk
Gibney’s exhaustive documentary plays Venice ahead of berths in Toronto and London
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Reviews‘Boatbuilders’ review: Luke Lorentzen’s Maine-set boatyard documentary is a finely crafted delight
The ‘Midnight Family’ director slows the pace for this beautifully observed portrait of craftsmanship and community
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Reviews‘Holy Wood Dust’ review: Victor Kossakovsky’s study of trees lacks the revelatory magic of his best works
The Russian documentarist’s follow-up to Trillion and Architecton premieres out of competition in Venice
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Reviews‘Citizen Osama’ review: A Palestinian journalist balances war reportage with family life in harrowing Gaza doc
Ahmed Hassouna’s Venice out of competition title has been selected as Palestine’s official Oscar submission
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Reviews‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile’ review: Julia Loktev’s portrait of Russian journalists in exile deepens in its second chapter
The follow-up to 2024’s ’Last Air In Moscow’ proves every bit as compelling, if more intimate
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Reviews‘Too Much Sugar’ review: Robert Greene delivers a clear-eyed portrait of family dysfunction and filmmaking as therapy
The Procession director’s latest is a moving exploration of fatherhood and masculinity in small-town Missouri
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Reviews‘The Mad World Of Harvey Kurtzman’ review: Breezy, insightful portrait of influential MAD magazine founder
Bart Simpson’s Edinburgh competition doc is executive produced by filmmaker and Kurtzman colleague Terry Gilliam
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Reviews‘Concrete Land’ review: Sensitive observational doc follows an exiled Afro-Palestinian-Bedouin family in Jordan
Asmahan Bkerat’s intimate feature was filmed over eight years and premieres at Locarno
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Reviews‘Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters Of Steve Johnson’ review: Colourful portrait of the acclaimed SFX artist behind classics like 'Ghostbusters'
Nick Taylor’s Fantasia doc features a host of talking heads including John Landis and Tom Holland
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Reviews‘Gealtra’ review: Brendan Canty follows ‘Christy’ with slight, engaging study of young Irish-language musicians
Source: Galway Film Fleadh ‘Gealtra’ Dir: Brendan Canty. Ireland. 2025. 70mins Language is power and creativity is the brightest road to self-expression in Gealtra. Brendan Canty’s slight but engaging documentary (the title translates as ‘gang’) follows a group of young people from Cork as they embrace the ...
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Reviews‘Jail Time Records’ review: Impactful documentary explores the transformative power of music in a Cameroon jail
Dione Roach and Steve Happi’s Tribeca-winning film is executive produced by Taika Waititi and Rita Ora
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Reviews‘Birds Of War’ review: Love blossoms across conflict zones in intimate first-person documentary
Directors Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak’s personal film plays Sheffield before a UK/Ireland theatrical release
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Reviews‘Maverick: The Epic Adventures Of David Lean’ review: Enthusiastic, star-studded romp through the life and work of the legendary director
Director Barnaby Thompson assembles famous fans including Denis Villeneuve, Alfonso Cuaron and Autumn Durald Arkapaw
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Reviews‘Tin Castle’ review: Affectionate, unsentimental doc follows an Irish traveller family
Alexander Murphy’s follow-up to ‘Goodbye Sisters’ debuts in Cannes Critics’ Week
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Reviews‘Avedon’ review: Ron Howard documentary puts master photographer Richard Avedon in the frame
An authorised documentary offers a comprehensive look at Avedon’s artistry and drive
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Reviews‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ review: Steven Soderbergh’s poignant doc is undercut by egregious AI visuals
Uneven Cannes Special Screening is structured around Lennon and Yoko Ono’s final interview
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Reviews‘Magilligan’ review: Empathetic Northern Irish doc explores the reality of life after prison
Ross McClean’s observational film should attract attention following its Visions du Reel premiere
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Reviews‘Saudades Eternas’ review: Modest, authentic documentary portrait of a Rio favela matriarch
Emma Boccanfuso’s feature length debut world premieres at Visions du Reel
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Reviews‘Heat’ review: Experiential, immersive look at life in the hottest places on Earth
The latest work from Swiss filmmaker Jacqueline Zünd premieres at Visions du Reel